The Shi’te Muslims took to the street of Abuja at the early hour of Thursday, September 22, 2016 in protest demanding for the release of their leader Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Zakzaky.

What appeared to be a peaceful protest from the onset took a different turn when the Police opened fire on the protesters using rubber bullets and teargas. Despite the police blockade and fire power, the protesters charged-on in numbers against the policemen.

There is no report of casualty yet as at the time of filing this report.

You will recall that Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky was arrested December 13, 2015 after a bloody faceoff with the Nigerian Army in which hundreds were killed and left many injured.